Odo Hirsch
Odo Hirsch (born 1962) is the pen name of David Kausman,[1] an Australian author of children's books. He was born in Melbourne, where he trained to be a doctor, but moved to London, where he currently lives.
After working as a doctor in both Melbourne and London, he joined Amnesty International, where he reported on torture victims and examined hospital conditions in Eastern Europe. After doing a master's degree in political thought at Cambridge University, he joined McKinsey & Company in 1997. This was when his first novel for children, Antonio S and the Mystery of Theodore Guzman, was published. His other books include Bartlett and the Ice Voyage, which won the Blue Peter Book Award. His novels have been shortlisted many times for the Children's Book Council of Australia Awards.[2]
Books
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Bartlett series
- Bartlett and the Ice Voyage (1998)
- Bartlett and the City of Flames
- Bartlett and the Forest Of Plenty
- Bartlett and the Island of Kings (2003)
Darius Bell series
- Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool (2009)
- Darius Bell and the Crystal Bees (2012)
The bees of Darius' town are mysteriously disappearing, and it's up to Darius and his friends to figure out what's causing them to disappear.
Frankel Mouse series
- Frankel Mouse (2000)
- Frankel Mouse and the Bestish Lair (2002)
Hazel Green series
- Hazel Green (1999)
- Something's Fishy, Hazel Green! (2000)
- Have Courage, Hazel Green! (2001)
- Think Smart, Hazel Green! (2003)
Will Buster series
- Will Buster and the Gelmet Helmet (2004)
- Will Buster and the Carrier's Flash (2006)
- Will Buster and the Crucible Choice (2007)
Other books
- Antonio S. and the Mystery of Theodore Guzman (1997), also published as Antonio S. and the Mysterious Theodore Guzman, and as Antonio S. and the Secret Room
- Yoss (2001)
- Pincus Corbett's strange adventure (2002)
- Slaughterboy (2005)
- The Book of Changing Things (and other oddibosities) (2005)
- Amelia Dee and the Peacock Lamp (2007)
References
External links
- Biography at Bloomsbury
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- Thing by Robin Klein (1983)
- Bernice Knows Best by Max Dann (1984)
- Something Special by Emily Rodda (1985)
- Arkwright by Mary Steele (1986)
- Pigs Might Fly by Emily Rodda (1987)
- My Place by Nadia Wheatley (1988)
- The Best-Kept Secret by Emily Rodda (1989)
- Pigs and Honey by Jeanie Adams (1990)
- Finders Keepers by Emily Rodda (1991)
- The Magnificent Nose and Other Marvels by Anna Fienberg (1992)
- The Bamboo Flute by Garry Disher (1993)
- Rowan of Rin by Emily Rodda (1994)
- Ark in the Park by Wendy Orr (1995)
- Swashbuckler by James Moloney (1996)
- Hannah Plus One by Libby Gleeson (1997)
- Someone Like Me by Elaine Forrestal (1998)
- My Girragunji by Meme McDonald and Boori Pryor (1999)
- Hitler's Daughter by Jackie French (2000)
- Two Hands Together by Diana Kidd (2001)
- My Dog by John Heffernan (2002)
- Rain May and Captain Daniel by Catherine Bateson (2003)
- Dragonkeeper by Carole Wilkinson (2004)
- The Silver Donkey by Sonya Hartnett (2005)
- Helicopter Man by Elizabeth Fensham (2006)
- Being Bee by Catherine Bateson (2007)
- Dragon Moon by Carole Wilkinson (2008)
- Perry Angel's Suitcase by Glenda Millard (2009)
- Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool by Odo Hirsch (2010)
- The Red Wind by Isobelle Carmody (2011)
- Crow Country by Kate Constable (2012)
- The Children of the King by Sonya Hartnett (2013)
- City Of Orphans: A Very Unusual Pursuit by Catherine Jinks (2014)
- The Cleo Stories: The Necklace and the Present by Libby Gleeson (2015)
- Soon by Morris Gleitzman (2016)
- Rockhopping by Trace Balla (2017)
- How To Bee by Bren MacDibble (2018)
- His Name Was Winter by Emily Rodda (2019)
- The Little Wave by Pip Harry (2020)
- Aster's Good, Right Things by Kate Gordon (2021)
- A Glasshouse of Stars by Shirley Marr (2022)
- Runt by Craig Silvey (2023)
- Scar Town by Tristan Bancks (2024)
- Picture Book (1955–present)
- Early Childhood (2001–present)
- Older Readers (1946–present)
- Eve Pownall Award for Information Books (1988–present)
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